City of Modesto, California News Release

Poetsâ€™ Corner Contest 2014 Winners Announced

The judging results are in for the 2014 Poets’ Corner Contest sponsored by the City of Modesto Parks, Recreation and Neighborhoods Department.The public is invited to hear the winning poets read their works at the Poets’ Corner Celebration Reading held on Sunday, May 18 at 1 pm at the McHenry Museum on the first floor.

Over one hundred entries were submitted for the Adult and Youth divisions of this contest, which marks its 33rd year of celebration of the written word in our community.The special theme for this year’s contest was poems exploring the world of insects and or spiders.